Manufacture of water-gas.



Patented Sept. 7,1915.

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MANUFACTURE OF WATER GAS. APPUCATIOK HLED MAR. 21. 1914.

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#1755353. #VVEN TOR i I' gWks/q Zea? rgsaimo m 14 77' DRIVE K Patented Sept], 1915 CHARLES FRANKLIN ZEEK, OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR TO THE UN ITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

MANUFACTURE OF WATER-GAS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'CHARLEs .FRANKLIN" ZEEK, a citizen of the United statesyand a resident of Pensacola, in the county of Es-' cambia and.State of Florida, have invented following is a specification. a

ate with unskilled labor, so: 'eilecting'pcon tion is first, to make theoperatlon of a water gas apparatus. automatic, thereby obtaining better. and more certaimresult's, and .to ope omy;'s e'con'd,' to guardagainstaccident's that effecting the? comparatively -largelift=-or travelof crtain-ojthevalves in a relatively. short ti'methrough the interventiofofmeeh anism whichis operated slowly-audit comparatively frequent intervals; and t'hird, to

might result from-failure ot'the automatic apparatus or control, "and'to provide". for

control the lifter openingof the valves "80'. thataitmay'not occur any more rapidly than is appropriate-and desirable. 1

The invention will be claimed atthe end hereof, but will be'first described in'coninection with the embodiment 'of it chosen from among otherembodiments for illustration in the accompanying drawings',"-in which-e higu're '1, 1s a diagrammatic view illustrating 'forthe sake o explanation a combination of apparatus constituting or ,embodyin'g features of the invention. Fig. 2, is an end view, partly in section, illustrating feaatopor plan. vie I '0 51 '{ta'ken'on' n I {is a diagrammatic view illnstrating a modi- .fica tion-{J JQ-"InEigsJIto 5 are airvalvesfor controlling lthe'admission tures' of the inventicmv Fig; 3; is a sectional at rightangles toT the: plane of Fig. 2 "and showing adet'ailf of construction; Fig; 4, is f a. artof the apparatus :Fi'g, [islj a sectional view 5+5 nightma- Fig. 6',

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ijthe linetr the han s 1;2', ad. 3

r of the air-blastffrom' the main 41:0 the. generator 5, the carburetor 6 and the superheater 7.

8,,and 9,\are' the hot valves for reversing the directionof flow through the generator '5. M).

They afe'coupled together by a system of links. andlevers 10 by means of which when one opened the other is'closed. 11, is a stack -.valve,' '12'isthe oil supply valve and '13 is the'steainslipplyvalve. 1 4 is a 3-way Specification of Letters Patent.

The princ'pal object ofthe present invenbe made of the fact thatiifa'blast a1 o'penedduring the gas making per; (1 a more-i 11* 1 fraught not only With difliculty.lontialso,-.

with danger.

'The'se valves will be referred to hereinafter] Patented Sept; 7, i915.

valve connected with the system of links and levers 10 andby means of which the steam is dlrected either to the top or the bottom of the generator, according to the position of the hot valves! certain new, and useful Improvements in the ,Manufacture of Water G-as, ofwhich the The: parts so; far described, while eonsti- 60 tutmgelements of the combinationuof this mvention. are not new in-themselves and neeylnot be of any unusual or "novel eon- :s truction The operation ofthes parts, or:

-mode'of-xoperation may produce-veryda V .gerous results yamong which mentionemay YQ iS fI'O or se'rioils explosion; would probably,

take place." Thesematters arereferredto'in order toi brin' out the fact thathoweven obvious the esi-rability of 'anhiitQmatic'; 7 15" control for atwater gas set may--be,-never-.

theless the attainment of that object: i

15,;is a lay, hontr'olled or .mastershafig'iand it is provided, as shovvn'in the:"drawingfi with cams; tappet-arm or "projections 16,, 17,18,19, 20, 21-, and 22, one for each 'of th d. valves 1, 2, 3, e, 9, 11', 12,13, anti-14 of -the apparatus to be operated thereby.

.as apparatus valves. There is one revblu tron of this shaft 15 for each cyclexoi opera;- tions 'and' in consequence ofthisthe Ina..-

moves very slowly. For example, make a revolution in several minut 4 I .much as this shaft 15. controls .vithe- -entire c'ycle of operations it is important'that. there should be means forpreventing it''fro ning too fast orjrunning" awayv andfa stopping it 'in-case of trouble. The is driven by clock-Wonk23QI-QTo-stop he" clockwork, use may be madeof;; a "weighted lever 24, adapted when'released tol ar st-th 1f pendulum 25 out of plhinbiandith clock-work, and adapted, 'zyvhenlfr I by the 'cord 265 freehQ p i dillniir consequently let it-swing and; Si Gil prevent the shaft. "from rimming away made of a governor consisting). 0

' arms 27 which at normal speed clear, V V

jection'28, as shovvn in dotted (gig: 5,,but which at excessive speed strikethe all projection 28 and. thus arrest the clock-work and the shaft 15. The arms constituting the governor are applied by the winding shaft 29 of the clock-work. Each of the de scribed apparatus valves of the apparatus,

and piston connected bya pipe 31 to a reservoir There is a supply of compressed air, steam or the like 36, from which branch pipes 37 extend to each of the reservoirs J 35 and these pipes may have interposedin them hand valves 38 and they do have interposed in them valves 39. The stems of the valves39 are connected with le- -vers 40, pivoted by means of links a l and l are in the position shown in Fig. 3 they cor respond' 'to the position of the levers 40 shown Fig. 2, so that the pipe 37 is in eal ses tl mis t is communication by means of a port 43 (extending centrally through the valve 39) with the exhaust pipe a l, but when the end of the lever t2 israised up the port of the pipe 37 that leads to the reservoir 35 and is shown to the left in Fig. 3, is in communication with the other part of the pipe 37, shown to the right in Fig. '3, that leads to the air reservoir by way ofthe space afforded by the reducedportion of the valve 39. Consideringany one valve and only one need be considered, since the rest are substantially the same, the; end 45 of one of the cams 16 to 22 collides with the end 42 of the lever thus opening. the valve 39 and holding it open as long as the end of the lever d2 rides on the surface of the cam, or tappet arm. Thereafter the spring &7 shifts the lever 4L0 so as to close the valve 39. lVhen the valve 39 is open compressed air reaches the surface of the fluid in the reservoir 35 and acting on the latter causes it to flow. through a hole.

in the check valve 48 and thus the piston 33 i-lifts-tlie lever through a long range and in consequence properly operates the valve connected, with the lever 30 by the rod 32. .lVhen the lever 40 rides oil the cam and is retracted by the spring 47, air is exhausted from the reservoir and, the wveight 31 iiston 33 to move and also causes .to move the valve. This move it emduly retarded because the .ch'eck val lS opens. lt is therefore evident that -"vvl1ilctlis movement of the lever under-the influence of its cam is very slow and of comparatively short range, still the movement oi the piston and of the velvet which it 'actuates is comparatively the rod fast and of long range. The advantage of this is obvious. The parts and 49 of the cams arendjustable as by means of the slot and pin connections 50. The purpose of this is to provide for an adjustment in the timing of the operation ofthe individual cams or tappet arms. The relative angular disposition of the tappet arms, cams or projcctions, or more accurately, the working ends of faces thereof in respect to the shaft 15 determines the order in which and the relative times at which the various valves of the apparatus are opened and closed.

Instead of relying upon gravity for closing the apparatus valves, they may be closed positively. One way of doing this is shown in Fig. 6, in which a pipe 34: communicates with the cylinder 33 above its piston and with a reservoir 35, having an air valve operated from the shaft 15 in the manner described.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to details of construction and arrangement as the same may widely vary Without departing from the spirit of the invention, hence I do not limit the latter further than the prior state of the art and the following claims may require.

Vhat claim is:. v

1. In a water gas set the combination of a normally positioned apparatusvalve, a fluid piston and cylinder for I noving said valve, a reservoir in communication with said cylinder, a flow check valve between the reservoir and cylinder, an air supply in communication with the reservoir, an air valve having a normally retracted lever for controllingthe alr supply to the reservoir, and a rotating tappet-arm or cam for shifting and holding and subsequently releasing series of fluid pistons and cylinders and reservoirs for operating the valves, a series of air valves and their connections for independently operating said fiuiddevices, and a rotating lay shaft having a series of cams adapted to open to hold open to close and to permit to remain closed'said air valves and arranged on said shaft in different angular relations,"-vhereby for each revolution of the shaft the apparatus valves are operated to complete the gas making cycle of operations.

masses 4. An automatic water gas set comprising the combination of the apparatus valves, a series of fluid pistons and cylinders and reservoirs for operating the valves, a series of air valves and their connections for independently operating said fluid devices, and a rotating lay shaft having a series oft cams adapted to open to hold open to close and permit to remain closed said air valves and arranged on said shaft in different align lar relations, whereby for each revolution of the sha'ltt the apparatus valves are operated to complete the gas making cycle of operations, and clock mechanism for rotating said lay shaft.

5. An automatic Water gas set comprising the combination of the EIPl'Mltiit-US valves, a series of fluid pistons and cylinders and reservoirs tor operating the valves, a series of air valves and their connections for in- .the shaft the apparatus valves are operated to complete the gas making cycle of operations, clock mechanism for rotating said lay shaft and a speed 'overnor mechanism for arresting shalt b. An automatic Water gas set comprising the con'ihination of the apparatus valves, :1 series of fluid pistons and cylinders and reservoirs for operating the valves, a series of air valves and their connections for independently operating said fluid devices, a rotating lay shaft having a series of cams adapted to open to hold open to close and to permit to remain closed said air valves and arranged on said shaft in different angular relations, whereby for each revolution of the shaft the apparatus valves are operated to complete the making cycle of operations, clock mechanism for rotating said lay shaft, and means tending to arrest said clock mechanism and adapted to be restrained therefron'i.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

CHARLES .FRANIZLIN ZEEK. Witnesses S. B. Summit, 0. B Evans. 

